Smoke-bell support.



J. T. OWENS. SMOKE BELL SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1o, 1910.

Patented Nov. 1; 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Application led .Tune 10, 1910. Serial No. 566,261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. OWENS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Smoke- Bell Supports, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices to be suspended from hangers andespecially to smoke bells for lamps, especially for gas lights, andmeans for suspending them.

It is very often desirable to suspend smoke bells over lights withoutmarring the ceiling by the securing therein of hooks, the ceiling beingvery often punctured, disfigured, or broken down by unsuccessful eilortsto find the ceiling joists in fixing hooks in position from which tosuspend the bells. Very often when the ceiling joist is located, it isnot in proper position above the light. On account of such danger ofmutilation or destruction, and wrong location of ceiling joists, thebells are very often dispensed with, thus permitting the ceiling tobecome disgured by the smoke as the lesser evil.

The object of my invention is to provide economically constructed andeasily operated means whereby smoke bells and any other article near anupright bar, pipe or support, may be readily suspended in properposition and taken down when desired, without in any manner marring ordisfiguring the ceiling or Wall, and with this object in View myinvention consists in the improved support, the construction,arrangement and combination of the parts of which will be hereinafterfully described, the particular points of novelty therein being set upin the appended claims.

I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 represents, partly in vertical section andpartly in elevation, a two light chandelier with my invention in placethereon. Fig. 2 represents in perspective the simplest form of mysupport. Fig. 3 represents a vertical sectional view showing a supportfor two lateral arms, the clasping ring being shown in open position indotted lines. Fig. 4: represents a view, similar to Fig. 3, showing asupport for three lateral arms. Fig. 5 represents, in perspective, asupport for four lateral arms. Fig. 6 represents, in perspective, aportion of the upper member of the cover, showing the inside thereof,with the securing means, and Fig. 7 represents, in perspective, amodification of the two arm support, with eXtensible arms in positiontherein.

Like reference characters mark the same parts wherever they appear inthe several gures of the drawing.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 10 indicates the vertical pipe ofa gas light chandelier which depends from the ceiling and carries at itslower end any desired number of lateral pipes 11, each terminating in aburner, as at 12.

In Fig. 1, I have shown the vertical pipe 10 clasped vby a wire loop 13,the central portion of which, on one side of the pipe, is formed into avertical coil, as at 14:, the wire of the loop being bent downward fromthe top of the coil, as at 15, and upward from the bottom of the coil,as at 16, to the plane of the loop at the mid-height of the coil. At theopposite side of the loop the ends of the wire are bent to form twosmaller coils, as at 17 and 18, one end of the wire being bent upwardfrom the plane of the loop to form the coil 17 and the other enddownward from that plane to form the coil 18.

The wire of which the loop is formed is elastic and the two ends arenormally separated, holding the loop open on that side so that it may beslipped laterally upon the pipe 10 after which the two ends are broughttogether causing the loop to tightly clasp pipe 10 and bringing thesmall coils 17 and 18 into line with each other, to form substantially asingle coil, into which the vertically depending hook end 19 of alateral arm 20 may be inserted, thus not only holding the loop tightlyclosed, but firmly supporting the arm 20 in position to support asmoke-bell, as at 21, over one of the burners. The end 22 of anotherlateral arm 23 may be inserted into the coil 12 to hold the arm inposition to support another smokebell over another burner. The loop maybe formed without the central coil, as shown at 130 in Fig. 2, for usewhere there is only one burner, the end coils 17 and 18 being of thesame construction and operating in the same manner as described withreference to Fig. 1.

In Fig. 3, I have shown in section the loop 13 clasped on pipe 10 withthe other parts in full lines in the same positions as in Fig. 1, and indotted lines I have shown the loop open vin position to be slipped uponand closed around the pipe 10 by bringing coils 17 and 18 into line witheach other to receive the hook end of the lateral arm 2O which, with arm2Q, is shown partly broken away.

In Fig. 4, I have shown how my invention may be modilied to supportthree lateral arms, there being formed by bending the wire of the loopintermediate its ends, two coils 140, each a counterpart of coil 14, inFigs. 1 and 3, the end coils 17 and 1S being the same in constructionand operation as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and being shown separated, as inFig. 3, in dotted lines.

In Fig. 5, I have shown in perspective, a modification for supportingfour lateral arms, three coils 141, similar' to coil 14 in Figs. 1 and3, and to coils 140 in Fig. 4, being formed of the wire of the loopintermediate its ends, which ends are bent to form coils 17 and 18 as inthe preceding figures, the coils 141 each receiving the hook .end 22 ofa lateral arm 23,' and the two coils 17 and 1S, in line with each other,receiving the hook end 19 of arm 20, as in the other forms described.

In Fig. 1, I have shown a cover for inclosing and protecting my improvedsupport when in position on the pipe 10, said cover consisting of aninverted cone 24 above, and an upright cone 25 below the support, theone fitting upon the other as a lid fits on a box, and there beingformed in their meeting edges notches 26 which may be made to registerwith each other so that the lateral arms may project therethrough. Eachof these conical members is made preferably of a single piece of sheetmetal, the edges of which may be separated far enough apart to slip themember on the pipe, and when in position these edges vare broughttogether and secured by suitable hooks 27 on one member engaging notches28 in the edge of the other member, there being a series of such notchesso that the members may be adjusted to tit on pipes 10 of differentdiameters.

In some instances it may be desirable to use a separate fastener as at29 in Fig. 7, to secure the upward and downward bends oi the loop wireto the intermediate coils in order to increase the rigidity of thestructure. In Fig. 7, I have also shown modiiied forms of lateral arms,each being composed of two members 190 and 200, which are secured'together in a manner to permit of longitudinal adjustment to lengthenor shorten the arms, in this instance the member 190 passing through aloop 191 on member 200, and the member 200 through a loop 201 on themember 190.

The economy of construction and utility of my invention will be obviousand the scope thereof will obviously include many variations'in form ofthe component parts described, as well as in their relations to eachother.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isn 1. A device of the character described comprisinga wire loop having each end formed into a coil, the axis of which is ata right angle to the plane in which the loop is bent, the two coilsextending in opposite directions from the plane of the loop and beingadapted to be brought into position with their axes in the same line toreceive loop, the twoV end coils extending in opposite directions fromthe plane of the loop and being adapted to be brought into position withtheir axes in the same line to receive and support the vertical end of abracket which also serves as a lock for the loop.

A device of the character described comprising a wire loop having eachend formed into a coil, the axis of which is at a right angle to theplane in which the loop is bent, and the wire of the loop at a pointintermediate its ends being formed into a coil also at. a right angle tothe plane of the loop, the intermediate coil having its midlength in theplane of the loop, and the two end coils being adapted to be broughtinto position with their axes in the same line to receive and supportthe vertical end oft a bracket which also serves as a lock for the loop.

4. A device of the character described comprising a wire loop havingeach end formed into a coil, the axis of which is at a right angle tothe plane in which the loop is bent, and the wire of the loop at a pointintermediate its ends being formed into a coil also at a right angle tothe planeV of the loop, the intermediate coil having its midlength inthe plane of the loop, the two end coils extending in oppositedirections from the plane of the loop and being adapted to be broughtinto position with their axes in the same line to receive a wire.

5. An article of the character described, comprising acoil of wirehaving its ends bent outside of and substantially parallel with the axisof the coil to the midlength of the coil, extended thence in a singleplane lying at a right angle to the axis of the coil, in oppositedirections, into the form of a loop, and bent at each end to form a coilwith its axis parallel with the first named ilo coil, the axes of theend coils being adapted to be brought into a line with each other toreceive and support the vertical end of a bracket which also serves as alock for the coil.

6. An article of the character described, comprising an upright, a wireloop encircling it, wire hangers, extending laterally from the loop, andfunnel shaped covers onv the uprights above and below the loop havingopenings at their meeting edges through which the wire hangers extendand serve to support the funnels in position on the upright.

7. An article of the character described, comprising an upright, aninverted funnel shaped cover on the upright, provided with notches inits lower edge, an upright funnel shaped cover on the upright below theinverted funnel having notches in its upper edge to register with thenotches in the edge of the inverted funnel, the two funnels being openand made of elastic material, means for securing the open edges of eachfunnel t0- gether to close them around the upright, laterally extendinghangers secured to the upright and projecting through the registerino'notches in the edges of the two funnels, anc supporting the Jfunnels inposition on the upright.

In testimony whereof I aiX my in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES T. OWENS.

signature Witnesses S. BRASHEARS, JOHN H. SIGGERS.

